Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to inform the House that on December 14th, the Governor General awarded the medal of bravery to Mr. Clem Paul of Yellowknife. Mr. Paul was cited for attempting to save two men whose snowmobile had broken the thin ice of Harding Lake, north of Yellowknife, on November 11, 1990. Following some distance behind his friends, Mr. Paul immediately stopped his snowmobile, unhooked the sleigh, and using a gun case paddled furiously over 30 meters of open, frigid water to the victims. Unfortunately, just before he had arrived, one man disappeared below the surface while the other was rapidly losing consciousness. Unable to lift the second man onto the unstable sleigh, Mr. Paul tied him to the rear and made the exhausting trip back toward the shore where others in the hunting party threw a rope out to tow the sleigh onto solid ice. Mr. Paul and the victim were taken to a cabin, where they awaited a rescue helicopter.

I am sure all of us in the House will join in congratulating Mr. Paul on receiving this award, which recognizes his selfless actions in a dangerous situation. Thank you.

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